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In Chrome 72, creating public class fields in JavaScript is now much cleaner, you can see if a page has been activated with the new User Activation API, localizing lists becomes way easier, and there’s plenty more. Let’s dive in and see what’s new for developers in Chrome 72!

Chrome beta 68 ships with the Payment Handler API -- the new, open, and standard way for web-based payment applications to be offered as a payment option during checkout. It enables merchants to accept a wide variety of payment options within a native-browser experience.

When working with WebAssembly, you often want to download a module, compile it, instantiate it, and then use whatever it exports in JavaScript. This post explains our recommended approach for optimal efficiency.

The W3C Performance Timeline specification defines an interface for browsers to provide programmatic access to low level timing data. This opens the door to some interesting use cases like custom performance analysis, third party tools and more.